calabacín

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Paleo-Hispanicbor.?

Vulgar Latin *calapaccia?

Old Spanish calabaça

Spanish calabaza

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

Spanish -ín

Spanish calabacín

From calabaza + -ín.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalabaˈθin/ [ka.la.β̞aˈθĩn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
• IPA^(key): /kalabaˈsin/ [ka.la.β̞aˈsĩn] (Latin America, Philippines)

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• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ca‧la‧ba‧cín

Noun

calabacín m (plural calabacines)

1. courgette; zucchini

   Synonyms: zapallo, calabaza, auyama, ahuyama

Usage notes

• Calabacín is used frequently in Spain, Canary Islands and the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic. Elsewhere, zapallo or calabaza is more frequently used.

Derived terms

• calabacín de invierno

Descendants

• → Basque: kalabazin

Further reading

• “calabacín”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025